San Antonio baby death ruled homicide
King Jay Davila, the 8-monthold infant who was found wrapped in a blanket and buried in a backpack in a Northeast Side field last month, died of a blunt force trauma injury, the Bexar County medical examiner’s office said Friday.
His death has been ruled a homicide.
The ruling comes nearly a month after the boy’s father, Christopher Davila, 34, called police to report that his car had been stolen from a West Side convenience store with his infant son inside.
Police discovered King Jay’s body a week later and charged Davila with injury to a child, child endangerment and tampering with evidence, along with two unrelated charges. Police believe that Davila staged the kidnapping with the help of two family members to cover up “foul play.”
Davila remains in Bexar County Jail on $1.25 million bail. He had said King Jay died after the car seat holding the boy fell off a bed and hit the floor. Davila also said he did not call 911 because he panicked.
Officials have hinted that they do not believe Davila’s account of what happened.
His mother, Beatrice Sampayo, 65, and his cousin Angie Torres, 45, also remain in jail. They face charges of tampering with evidence for their roles in trying to cover up the death, police said.
The investigation into King Jay’s death is ongoing. The medical examiner’s office completed its autopsy last month but did not release the results until Friday at the request of the San Antonio Police Department.
In a statement, SAPD’s public information office said additional charges could be upgraded at the completion of the investigation.